Up All Night

February 28~No Sleep

We are all running on no sleep today. Ava is normally a great sleeper, once we get her to sleep she's out for about 10 hours usually. Last night, Ava went to bed easily at 8:30 but awoke at 12:30am, screaming. We had numerous adoptive families tell us that their little ones had occasionally suffered night terrors. I'm not positive this is what happened with Ave last night, but it sure seems plausible. Normally if she does wake up in the night it just takes Matt or myself going to her crib and rubbing her belly just to reassure her we're still there. Soon she's right back to sleep. Last night there was very little we could do to soothe her. It was such a helpless feeling not being able to help her through this. All we could do was make sure she knew we were there for her and hug and kiss on her...all night. We were up until 6am. At that time she finally felt relaxed enough to go back to sleep. She fell asleep in our bed and so there she stayed and at least got a couple more hours of sleep.

Today we are taking it easy. We went to a giant park across from the hotel and explored all morning. Doing the last bit of packing so that we are ready to go home tomorrow. Tonight we are going back to the Japanese Steakhouse for some grilled fish and more homemade fried rice.

Finally asleep 

Working on our "Good for a KState Touchdown!!"

Hoping for a good nights sleep for all of us and then we're ready for the big trip home. Total travel time is estimated to be about 30 hours. Seriously praying for smooth travel and patience for all of us. I have no idea how well Ava is going to handle this trip. Soon we will know :)